Menlo-Atherton 1, South San Francisco 0: The host Bears won their Ocean Division opener in the Peninsula Athletic League as Emily Katz tossed a shutout, striking out 8 and giving up 4 hits and 1 walk. Tanya Lazaro went 3-for-3 with 2 doubles and scored the only run on a single by Lili Huerta, who went 2-for-3. South City put runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 out in the 7nth, but second baseman Monika Gutierrez ranged to the left side of second to spear a soft liner, denying a hit, and then completed a game-ending unassisted double play. Cotla and Goode also doubled.

Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 4, Terra Nova-Pacifica 0: The host Gators scored 3 times in the first inning and won despite outhit 3-2. Terra Nova made 2 errors, SHP made one in the Bay Division game in the Peninsula Athletic League. Johnston got the win, improving to 2-0. Johnston and Martell had stolen bases. SHP will host Woodside at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 15, Harker-San Jose 4: Travis Jones worked 4 innings for the win, lowering his ERA to 1.73. At the plate, he went 2-for-3 with 3 runs and 2 RBIs. Pinewood outhit its hosts 16-9. Harker made 4 errors, 2 more than Pinewood. Oscar Fick went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, 2 RBIs and a run scored. Jack Sweat went 2-for-4 with a double, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Dylan Dreyer went 2-for-3 with a triple and 3 RBIs and he walked twice. Kai Meter went 2-for-5 with an RBI and 2 rusn scored. Ryan Knotts was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Record: P 5-0, 2-0 league

WEDNESDAY

SOFTBALL

Mitty-San Jose 4, St. Francis-Mountain View 0: The visiting Lancers were outhit 4-0 and committed 3 errors, 2 more than the Monarchs. Jodi Hinojosa's walk about all of the offense for St. Francis. She also pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 6 hits in the West Catholic Athletic League opener. Record: SF 2-1

Los Gatos 2, Los Altos 0: The Eagles were outhit 6-3 and made 1 error. Los Gatos did not make an error. Trevor Rogers had a hit and a walk and pitched 6 innings.

Burlingame 8, Carlmont-Belmont 1: Carlmont starter allowed only a bunt single in 4 innings of work but suffered his first loss of the year. Walks and team errors contributed to the 3 runs (1 earned) attributed to him. Carlmont opened up the bottom of the 7th with Ryan Giberton's second single of the game, followed by a double to right-center off the bat of Nick Thompson, sending Giberton to 3rd. After an out, Kyle Barret's sacrifice fly to center drove in Giberton to account for the Scots' run. The Scots left 9 on base in the Bay Division game in the Peninsula Athletic League. Both teams had 5 hits in the game played at Carlmont. The Scots made 5 errors, 3 more than Burlingame. Barret also singles. Giberton had 2 hits. The Scots play at Menlo-Atherton at 4 p.m. Friday. Record: C 5-3-1

Palo Alto 14, Los Gatos 6: The Vikings opened their league season in style with a sound thrashing of the Wildcats. Paly goalie Meredith Kinnaman made 10 saves to lead a strong defensive effort. Maya Benetar had 4 goals for the Vikings. Ami Drez, Liana Pickrell and Paige Bara each had 2 goals for Paly. The Vikings had 1 goal apiece came from Keri Gee, Kristen DeStefano, Lauren Gargiulo and Allie Peery.

Menlo School-Atherton 196, Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 205: Menlo's Riley Burgess was the medalist with a 1-under 35 in the West Bay Athletic League match at Crystal Springs. Other Knights' scores: Ethan Wong 36, Rohin Chandra 38, William Hsieh 43 and Carter Burgess 44. Burgess, a senior co-captain, first got below par on the uphill 5th hole, a par-5. He hooked his drive a little left and had 175 yards to a tucked pin. Burgess launched a 7-iron dead at the pin and the ball struck the green a foot from the pin but rolled 15 feet away. Burgess drained the putt to go 1 under. Right behind Burgess was co-captain Wong, a junior who shot 1 over. Wong was 145 yards out on the 9th hole and hit a wedge to 3 feet. On the sanded greens Wong watched his birgie putt that would have put his score under par lip out and Wong had to settle for par on the day.

Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton 182, The King's Academy-Sunnyvale 211: The West Bay Athletic League match was played on a 9-hole, par-35 course at Sunnyvale Muni. SHP's Bradley Knox led all scorers with a 1-under 34. Gators junior Bradley Keller finished with a 2-birdie, 2-bogey round of even par. Other SHP scores: Taylor Oliver 37, Derek Ackerman 37, Shane Snow 39 and Rueshub Patel 41. Doug Burton led King's with a 37 followed by teammates Matt Lutz (43), Makenna Vis (43), Evan Price (44), Aman Mehratra (44) and Blake Provenza (45). Next up for the Gators: a trip to Los Altos Golf and Country Club on Monday to take on Pinewood. Records: SHP 4-0, 3-0 WBAL; TKA 1-3 WBAL

TUESDAY

GOLF

Wildcat Invitational

Menlo School-Atherton results: The Knigths shot 391 to finish 10th led by sophomore Jeff Herr, who shot a 73 to finish in a tie for 13th place in a field of 120 at the event hosted by Marin Catholic at the Meadow Club in Fairfax. 24 of the top teams in NorCal competed. Herr teed off on the 10th hole, a 380-yard par-4, and drove his tee shot 290 yards to leave a 90-yard second shot. He hit a wedge to within a foot for a tap-in birdie to start his round. "Love those tap-in birdies on the first hole," he said. Herr recorded two more birdies on the day. In second and third place for Menlo were co-captains Riley Burgess and Ethan Wong, who shot 75 and 76, respectively. "The team shot an average score of 78.2 for their best team score in the Wildcat," said Wong, who took part in his third Wildcat. "We have a solid lineup and as we continue to improve over the season we look forward to a strong finish." Rounding out the scoring for Menlo were William Hsieh, who shot 82, and freshman Rohin Chandra, who shot 85.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Amador Valley-Pleasanton 24, Menlo School-Atherton 17: The Knights suffered their first loss of the season after trailing 9-4 at halftime on the road against the top-ranked team in NorCal. Scorers for Menlo: Sophia Donovan (6 goals, assist), Nikky Price (6 goals), Parvathi Narayan (4 goals) and Kira Sze (goal). The Knights' Alena Stern made 3 saves and teammates Claire Willig and Yasi Agah each made 1. Menlo heads to Burlingame (1-2, 0-1 WBAL Foothill) on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Record: MS 4-1

SOFTBALL

Gunn-Palo Alto 12, Fremont-Sunnyvale 1: Homestanding Gunn won its opener in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League in 4 1/2 innings, a game shortened by the mercy rule. Gunn went up 1-0 in the 2nd after leadoff batter Anna Tevanian hit the first pitch off the fence in left field for a triple. Megan Ostrom's double drove her home. After Fremont scored a run in the 3rd, the Titans blew the game open, adding 8 runs in the bottom of the inning. The Titans added 3 more runs in the 4th. Gunn pitcher Iris Chin allowed 1 hit and struck out 8. Gunn outhit Fremont 10-1. Both teams made 2 errors. Records: G 5-2, 1-0 SCVAL; F 1-4, 0-1 SCVAL

BASEBALL

Pinewood-Los Altos Hills 6, Jefferson-Daly City 2: The Panthers came from behind with 3 runs in the 6th inning and won despite being outhit 8-6 and making 5 errors to the home team's 3. Pinewood's Dylan Dreyer went 3-for-4 with a home run and 3 runs scored and stole 2 bases. Dreyer also got the win, giving up 1 earned run on 6 hits through 7 innings. He struck out 11 and walked 2. Travis Jones was 2-for-2 with a double and RBI and walked twice. Kai Meter drove in 2 runs. Kevin Tracy had an RBI, stole 2 bases and scored twice. Ryan Knotts also drove in a run. Record: P 4-0, 1-0 league